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To: rrdog

As Mark Levin just explained, the prohibition against ex post facto laws applies solely to criminal matters.

Not that I think the Congress should do this anyway.


21 posted on 03/17/2009 3:59:48 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: Bahbah

ex post facto, perhaps. Bills of attainder, no. As the blog points out, Madison explained exactly what he meant by this article of the Constitution, and it was the preservation of contracts.


79 posted on 03/17/2009 6:57:33 PM PDT by rrdog
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